The advance of Westbrook 23 on the OKC beat Wiz 134-111
The advance of Westbrook 23 on the OKC beat Wiz 134-111
Continuing with the change of a terrible start to the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder achieved its fourth consecutive victory by beating wrestlers Washington Wizards 134-111 behind 23 points and 12 assists by Russell Westbrook on Friday night.
From 0-4 to 4-4, the Thunder are clicking right now, led by Westbrook, who missed the first two games after a procedure on his right knee and stayed out of the final quarter of the loss in Washington.
And even though OKC was the team that played on the second night of a back-to-back, he seemed much fresher and more active than Washington, who came from a two-day break and was finally able to see the new center that Dwight Howard creates. Your debut.
After missing the entire training camp, each exhibition game and the first seven regular season games with a sore side, Howard started and immediately seemed to have an impact, scoring 13 points in the first quarter. But soon, Washington adopted its usual bad habits, which have led to loss after loss so far: ineffective defense and low effort rebounds.
The Wizards lost four games in a row to drop to 1-7, and viewers let the players hear their displeasure in the second quarter, making fun of OKC going 61-40 on Jerami Grant's dunk on a Westbrook pass. When Paul George made his third 3-in-a-row attempt, one night after going 0-for-10 from beyond the arc, he made the halftime score 79-50, equaling Thunder's record for most points in the game. a medium.
An Oklahoma City team with an average of 109 points this season was already at 110 after three quarters.
George finished with 17 points to top 10,000 in his career, and Grant scored 22.
Howard had 20 points on 7 of 8 shots, three rebounds and four fouls in 23 minutes. When he was out of the game, he lay on his stomach or stood up.
Bradley Beal scored 27 points, and John Wall had 19 points and nine assists, but Washington's All-Star pair also combined for 12 turnovers.
The Thunder climbed to 33 points in the third quarter and shot 57 percent for the game. They overcame the wizards 38-30.
None of that should be a surprise, given that Washington started the night allowing 122.4 points per game in the NBA and averaging only 41.3 rebounds, 27 in the league of 30 clubs.
TIP-INS
Thunder: reached 27 percent in triples, but reached 47 percent, 15 by 32, against Washington. ... George has complained of a nervous problem with his left foot, and coach Billy Donovan said that George believes it affects his defense. "There are times when you want to be able to push a little better and move a little better, more to the extreme that you are able to do," Donovan said. "I think he still feels that he has been prevented."
Wizards: Otto Porter Jr. played with a big punch on his left toe and scored nine points in just 16 minutes. ... Brooks talks about Ian Mahinmi, who started at the center while Howard was out of the game, but now has a substitute role again: "His minutes are going to be reduced a lot, but he has to be ready every time call. "
New sponsor
The Wizards' shirts had the logo of a sponsor for the first time, part of a multi-year agreement with an insurance company that will also advertise uniforms for Washington Mystics of the WNBA and Capital City Go-Go of the G-League. Almost all NBA teams now have a shirt sponsorship agreement; the thunder still does not.
UNTIL NEXT TIME:
Thunder: host of the pelicans on Monday.
Wizards: host of the Knicks on Sunday.
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